Chapter 7 First Recruits

HICCUP'S P.O.V

"I can't do this, I can't do this, I can't".

"Yes you can Hiccup, don't worry you'll do fine".

"Thanks Toothless, but I still don't think I can do this", we were flying towards the closest village to see if anyone there is will to come help us build the village, and maybe join and I am really nervous about talking to the chief about this.

"Hiccup, Toothless is right, you need to calm down and stop worrying you will be just fine" Astrid assured me.

"Yeah and you have us as backup" Jack said.

"Thanks" I half smiled. "By the way, do any of you know the name of the village we're heading to?" I asked. I didn't realize it when I grabbed the map out of the forge, that the map I took had no island names on it.

"No sorry Hiccup" Jack shrugged. I sighed.

"Hiccup the village is coming up" Toothless told me.

"Ok we need to be careful, we don't know how this village will react to three people flying in on dragons" I called back to Astrid and Jack. "Alright bud, let's go" I told Toothless. We flew down and landed by the dock's.

As soon as we landed, everyone in the village rushed over to us weapons in hand, but they all stopped short when the saw me, Jack and Astrid.

"Stay back!" Toothless growled. "It's ok bud" I told him as I got off of him.

"Who are you, and what do you want?" someone from the crowd shouted at me.

"Who is your chief?" I asked.

A man pushed his way through the crowd, he was not as big as Stoick, but no less intimidating, his black hair was pulled back in a small braid and he had a small beard. I had a feeling he was the chief because of his bearskin cape, almost all the chief's I have meet wore one, I however will not. "I'm chief Thunderhead of Skyclan village and you are?" he asked.

"I'm Hiccup, and these are my friend's Astrid, Jack and our dragons Toothless, Stormfly and Darkwing. We are planning to build a village where dragons and Vikings can live together in peace, and we were wondering if there was anyone here who would be willing to help us build the village" I explained.

"Well, I'm sure some of the people here would be willing to help, but how are you going to start a village with only 3 people and 3 dragons?" Thunderhead asked.

"Well, that's the other reason we came here, we were wondering, if maybe some of the villagers wanted to join us and learn how to train a dragon. Of course, they can always come back after they learn".

"I see and who is going to be the chief of this village?".

"Hiccup" Jack said. I just glared at him for that.

"I'll come" we all looked over and saw a girl with black hair in a side braid and green eyes standing at the front of the crowd.

"Heather?" Thunderhead said looking at her. "Yeah?" she asked.

"I think we should talk about this with your mother first, go home, I'll be there shortly and well talk ok".

"Ok dad" Heather said running home. I looked at Jack and Astrid, the chief's daughter wanted to join. I don't know if this will end well.

"Hiccup was it?" Thunderhead asked looking at me.

"Yes" I nodded.

"Alright Hiccup, will you and your friends come with me, to my house so we can talk about this?" Thunderhead asked.

I looked over at Astrid and Jack, they both nodded as they got off Stormfly and Darkwing. "Ok sure" I said.

We started walking to Thunderheads house, then I noticed Toothless, Stormfly and Darkwing we looking very nervous, and I figured it had something to do with the fact that the villagers still had their weapons out and ready to use.

"Umm, Thunderhead sir?".

"Yes Hiccup".

"Could you please tell the villagers to put their weapons away, it's making the dragons nervous?" I asked.

Thunderhead looked at Toothless, Stormfly and Darkwing, then back to me and nodded. "Everyone put your weapons away, and if any of you want to help Hiccup and his friends build their village, please get ready and go down to the docks" Thunderhead told everyone.

When we reached Thunderhead's house and walked in. Heather was in the living room playing with a boy about 8 years old. "Maria!" Thunderhead called.

"Coming", a woman with blonde hair and green eyes came down from upstairs. "Heather told me what happened at the dock's, and that she wanted to leave, but I don't know" Maria said.

"I know Maria, but that's why I thought it would be better to talk about it first. I brought Hiccup and his friend's as well".

"Oh hello there, I'm Maria, Thunderheads wife, you already meet Heather I presume and this is Rick" Maria said gesturing to the 8 year old boy who was playing with Heather before we came in.

"Nice to meet you, I'm Hiccup this is Astrid and Jack" I said.

"Well please, have a seat" Maria smiled.

"Thank-you" the three of us said.

Toothless walked in behind me, as we went to sit down. "Hiccup can't your dragon wait outside?" Thunderhead asked me.

"No, no I can't. I still don't trust you completely" Toothless growled slightly. I sighed.

"You see Thunderhead sir, Toothless is very protective, and he's still not sure if he can trust you completely yet, so even if I asked him to wait outside he wouldn't" I explained.

"Well as long as he doesn't attack, or burn the house down I guess he can stay".

"He won't".

"I make no promises" Toothless smirked.

"Alright, now Heather why do you want to leave? you have a perfect life here" Maria asked.

"I know I have a great life here, but I want adventure, I kind of want to be more than just a chief's daughter" Heather said.

"I see, hmmm alright if you really want to, you can go" Thunderhead said.

"He agreed to fast, there's a catch".

"But".

"See I told ya" Toothless whispered to me.

"As long as we are able to visit whenever".

"Yes, you and the rest of the village are free to visit. As long as you send a letter letting me know, and do not harm the dragons".

"Alright then, Heather you can go".

"Yes! Thank you both" Heather said, hugging her parents.

"Well let us go to the docks and see who's coming to help you build" Thunderhead said.

"Umm Thunderhead sir?".

"Yes Hiccup".

"Would it be ok if I used your forge for a few minutes" I asked.

"Absolutely, Heather you can take Astrid and Jack to the docks and see who will be coming with you. I'll take Hiccup to the forge and meet you there".

"Ok dad" Heather said as her Astrid, Jack, Stormfly and Darkwing went to the docks.

Toothless and I followed Thunderhead to the forge. "So Hiccup, what gave you the idea to build a village with dragons?" Thunderhead asked.

"Well it's kind of a long story, but the short version is. I ran away from my old village, Astrid came with me and we found Jack a few days later, and I was talking with Astrid and Jack and sarcastically suggested it, and they agreed and talked me into it".

"If you don't mind my asking, why did you run away?" he asked.

"Oh that, umm...well it...it's because...well, something happened...with Toothless".

"Let me guess, your old village is a dragon killing village and you got in trouble for befriending a dragon?".

"Yeah, Astrid and Jack talked me into building our own village, where Vikings and dragons live together in peace. I'm still not sure how this is going to go, but I'm hoping it will go well and thank you for letting some of your people help us with the building process and letting you daughter join us".

"You're welcome, anyway here's the forge, I'm going to see how things are going at the dock's. Can you find your way back to the dock's yourself?".

"Yeah, I'll be fine thanks again Thunderhead sir" I said.

"Oh and Hiccup".

"Yeah?".

"Just call me Thunderhead" Thunderhead said, as he walked towards the docks.

"Alright bud, let's get started" I said as we walked into the forge, I grabbing some paper and sat down at one of the desk's.

"Alright bud, let's get to the dock's" I said a couple of minutes later when I was done what I had to do. I hopped on Toothless and we flew back to the docks.

"There you are, what took you so long?" Astrid asked me as we landed.

"I was working on something"

"Well everyone here is almost ready to go, Heather should be back soon she's packing something's to take with" I nodded.

Shortly after that, Heather and everyone else who was coming was ready to go. We all said goodbye to everyone. Astrid and I got on our dragons. Jack was just about to get on Darkwing, when Heather called me "Hiccup!".

"Yeah Heather?".

"Would it be ok if I flew with one of you instead of taking the boat, please".

"Sure, hey Jack would you mind giving Heather a ride?" I asked.

"Not at all, hop on Heather" Jack said as he held out his hand to help her up onto Darkwing.

"Alright let's go" I said as we took off. Not very high or far ahead, we had to lead the ship back to The Island Island.

"Astrid, Jack if you want to fly ahead, go for it Toothless and I can lead the ship back".

"Ok we'll see you guy's there" Jack said as he and Heather took off.

"Is it just me, or does Jack seem to have a crush on Heather?" I asked Astrid.

"I think he's not the only one with a crush. I saw Heather checking him out earlier" Astrid said.

"Astrid, if you want to fly ahead you can".

"No, I'm in no rush to get back. So Hiccup what were you doing in the forge?".

"I was working on blueprints".

"For what?".

"The village, that way the people that are helping can work when I'm gone".

"What do you mean, when you're gone?".

"Well, we can't really have a village with four people and three dragons now can we. I'm going to go to other villages to see if more people want to join us or help us with the building process. Either way I'm not going to be there for awhile, and I don't want everyone just sitting around not knowing what to do. This way, they can continue working without me" I explained.

"While we're gone, you don't really think I'm letting you go alone now do you, and I doubt Jack will stay behind either".

"All right, if you insisted".

"Yeah I do. You were freaking out on our way to this island, what are the chances of you freaking out on your way to another island?".

I laughed at that. "Yeah I know, I'm glad you, Jack, Toothless, Stormfly, and Darkwing were there. I probably wouldn't have made it to the island without you guys".

"Probably? You wouldn't have even left The Island Island if it weren't for us" we both laughed.

"Can I see your blueprints?".

"Yeah, here".

"Wow this is going to be the best village ever".

"Thanks Astrid".

"Anytime dragon boy".

Just so you all know, any minor oc names in this chapter, and the others I got from a Viking name website. I did not steal them from anyone else, same goes for any main oc's ok.